Cheerleading
Congrats to our Section XI cheer teams for winning and placing in states. We had four champions!
Class A NYS Champions: Sachem East
Class B NYS Champions: Rocky Point
Class C NYS Champions: Shoreham Wading River
Coed NYS Champions: Ward Melville
Class D – 5th place: Port Jeff
Congratulations to this year’s Section XI Cheerleading Champions:
Class A: Sachem East
Class B: Rocky Point
Class C: Shoreham-Wading River
Class D: Port Jefferson
Coed: Ward Melville
Good luck at states!
Middle Country and Longwood placed second and third, respectively, in the winter Long Island Holiday Sports Heroes Challenge hosted by Team Up 4 Community.
The final stats for winter 2024: 36,429 athletes dedicated 198,831-plus hours to community service, giving back $1.8M in impact!
Middle Country hosted a Hoops for Hope event to raise awareness of cancer. Coach Andrew Gallo conceived the idea for Hoops for Hope during his wife’s third day of chemotherapy treatment. He was inspired to give back to the community that had shown immense generosity during such a challenging time. Choosing Positively Pink as the event sponsor was a meaningful decision, as its founder, Maria McMullen, is a close friend of his wife and a former Middle Country teacher.
Throughout October, Longwood’s Junior High, Junior Varsity, and Varsity cheerleaders turned each home football game into a celebration of support for breast cancer awareness with their “Tuck for a Buck” fundraiser. The cheerleaders took their spirit beyond the sidelines, rallying fans and collecting donations in the stands with pink pom poms in hand.
Congrats to this year’s Suffolk County cheer champions: Class A – Ward Melville, Class B – Shoreham-Wading River, and Class C – Babylon!
Connetquot alum Joseph Apisa — already a three-time national cheerleading champion with the University of South Florida — has been named to USA Cheer’s 2024 National Coed Premier Team.
He was one of 32 men and women selected from colleges nationwide to the team.
All three teams representing Section XI placed at the inaugural New York State Game Day Cheer Championships!
Ward Melville placed second in Class A, Sayville placed third in Class B, and Babylon placed sixth in Class C.
We’re already looking forward to next season!
Congratulations to Ward Melville, Sayville, and Babylon on their respective Section XI cheerleading championships!
Good luck to these teams as they compete at the NYSPHSAA championships next week.
A number of Section XI schools will compete at the NYSPHSAA cheer championships at RIT on March 7!
Good luck to the following schools:
Congrats to our Suffolk County cheer champions headed to states: Central Islip, Babylon, West Babylon and Mt Sinai! Now let’s go win states! 🏆
Give it up to Sachem North, Rocky Point and Mount Sinai for winning New York State cheer titles in their respective divisions!
